Game apparatus



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F T I FFICE.

JAMES G. DAVIES, OF LOGAN, UTAH.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed June 20, 1923.

To all whom itmag concern Be it known that I, JAMns G. DAVIES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Logan, in the county of Cache and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to indoor amusement apparatus andseeks to provide a toy simulating apparatus employed in the game ofbasket ball and operable to permit the playing of a game resembling basket ball. Apparatus embodying my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in claims following a detailed description.

In the annexed drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of appa ratus embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the goals;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 8-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section on the line fir-4: of Fig. 2;

Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of elements employed in the game according to my invention;

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are plan views of other elements employed, and

Fig. 10 is a plan view showing an element corresponding to those shown in Figs. 8 and 9 but of a slightly different form.

In carrying out my invention, I may employ a table or other support I having a fiat top and equipped with a drawer 2 in which the other elements of the apparatus may be stored when they are not in use. It is not necessary, however, to provide a special table inasmuch as the playing elements may be placed upon any table or other convenient support. The apparatus employed in playing a game according to my invention comprises a field 3 which may be of billiard cloth or similar material and is rectangular in outline and adapted to be Serial No. 646,601.

of the field is provided a goal comprising'a support and a basket 6 carried thereby, the

goal being so disposed that the basket will be directly over the end of the playing field. The support constituting a part of the goal comprises a base 7, a standard 8 rising from the base and a back or bumper board 9 carried by the upper end of the standard, the basket 6 being mounted on the bumper by being inserted through a ring 10 fixed to the bumper with the marginal flange or bead 11 of the basket resting upon the said ring so that the basket will notdrop therethrough. The basket will be formedof any textile or other suitable material whereby the body of the basket may be easily inserted downwardly through the supporting ring and the ring may conveniently be formed of wire having its end portions twisted together, as shown at 11, and then separated and clinched through the bumper, as shown at 12. In order that the goal may be very easily and accurately placed in the proper position, the standard 8 is arranged obliquely, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, and its upper end overhangs and projects beyond the base 7 whereby the bumper may be easily brought into the true vertical plane of the edge of the playing field. In order that the weight of the upper portion of the standard and the parts carried thereby may not overbalance and tilt the base 7, a counterweight 13 is provided, the said counterweight being placed upon the base at the outer end thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and thereby holding the base firmly against any tendency to tilt under the weight of the standard and the parts mounted thereon. In order that the goal may be easily assembled for use or may be disassembled so as to be stored conveniently in a very small space when not in use, the base is provided with a central longitudinal dovetailed slot or groove and the weight 13 is provided on its under side with a longitudinal central dovetailed rib 14 adapted to slidably engage said groove, as will be readily under stood upon reference to Figs. 1 and a The lower end of the standard 8 is provided with a like dovetailed rib or tongue 15 also slidably engaged in the said groove, shown at the left in. Fig. 1., and upon the front side of the standard at the upper end thereof is formed a similar dovetailed tongue or rib 16 slidably engaging a corresponding groove formed in the rear side of the bumper 9 at the lower portion thereof. When assembling the parts, it is necessary only to engage the tongues or ribs in the proper grooves and then merely place the assembled goal upon the supporting structure so that the bumper will be in the vertical plane of the adjacent end'of the playing field. The game apparatus also includes a disk 1'7 of bone, celluloid, ivory, or some similar material, preferably circular in outline, and having flat faces so that it may rest flat upon the surface of the playin field. This'disk 17 has lines 18- marked upon its upper face so that it has more orless resemblance to a ball and in playing the game Will be identified as the ball. This ball, at the start of the game, is placed at the center of the circle 5 and the object of the game is to drive the ball into the goal guarded by the opponent. The game apparatus also includes pieces known as men and shown at 19 and20, these pieces being similar in form and matei'ialto the ball but being given contrasting colors so as to be readily distinguished and to repre-i sent opposing sides in the game. There are also included in the apparatus two pieces. shown at 21 and 22, which may be called flippers, these, pieces corresponding in form and material to the pieces 19 and 20, respectively, and being likewise colored but being much larger than the said pieces 19 and 20. WVhile the several men and flippers are preferably circular in outline, they may be given other forms, such as the octagonal outline shown at 28 in Fig. 10.

In playing the game, the ball is placed at the center of the playing field, as heretofore stated, and the several men are placed in positions upon the field at opposite sides of the center corresponding to the positions occupied by the forwards and guards in fill the game of basket ball. The players de termine the choice of position upon the field by chance, as by tossing a coin, and the player losing the toss has the privilege of starting the game. The starting player places the edge of his flipper upon'the edge of any one of his men and by exerting a squeezing pressure upon the man causes the same toijump toward the ball, the object being to cover or touch the ball with the man. If the player succeeds in this object, he is entitled to try to cause the ball to enter his opponents goal. The ball is actuated in exactly the same manner as the manwas previously moved and, if it is caused to jump into the basket, two'points are scored by the successful player. If a player causes the ball to touch an opponents man or causes his own inan to touch an opponents man, the opponent has the privilege of playing the ball, and said opponent, in turn, tries to jump the ball into the goal guarded by the first player. If, in the course of the play, a man is forced ofi the playing field, it must be returned to the position initially occupied by it. If the ball is forced ofi" the playing field, the

olayer opposed to the player sending the ball off the field has the privilege of fiipping it onto the field and if he succeeds in causing it to touch one of his men, he has another chance to drive ,it to the desired goal but he cannot flip it; to the goal from 7 outside the field. 'Various rules may-be made to govern the game as the players may agree or circumstances suggest, the object always being to follow the gamefofbasket ball as closely as possible; a My ap'pa-' ratus is obviously simple and 'may be pro- 9 It may be easily set duced at a low cost. up for use and may be placed in a small compass out of the Way when not in use. It will provide amusement for persons of all ages and, as the players acquire greater skill, considerable excitement will be created in playingthe game. I Having thus described the invention,

What is claimed-as new is:

l. A game apparatus comprising a playmg field of cushioning material, a disk.

representing a ball, disks ofcontrasting colors' adapted to rest. upon the playing field, flippers adapted to be manually engaged with any one of the disks to cause it to jump across the playing field, and

goals at the ends of the receive the disk representing a ball.

2. A game apparatus comprising a -playing field of cushioning material, playing ends of the playing field to receive the ball. I

3. A game. apparatus comprising a playplaying fields to ing field of cushioning material, playing elements adapted to rest upon the field, one

of said elements representing a ball, means for causing movement of the elements upon the field, and goals to receive the ball-rep-,

resenting element at the ends of tliefield comprising bases, standards removably en gaged in the bases and "overhanging; the same, bumpers removably engaged upon the upper overhanging ends of the standards, baskets carried by said bumpers, and counl terweights removably fitted'upon the bases at the outer sides of the standards.

4. A game apparatus comprising-"a play-= ing field of cushioning material, playing elements adapted to rest upon the field, means for causing movement of said elements over the field, and goals disposed at the ends of the field and comprising standards having overhanging upper ends extending inwardly beyond the vertical plane of their lower ends whereby they may be brought into the vertical planes of the respectively adjacent ends of the playing field, and baskets carried by the upper ends 10 of the standards.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES G. DAVIES. [n s.] 

